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10-19-2012, 11:38 AM
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The next-generation Mazda3 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/mazda3) is expected next year, but aside from renderings (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/2014-mazda3-to-shed-hundreds-of-pounds-diesel-mazdaspeed-varia/) and our own imagination about a compact economy car sporting Mazda's new Kodo (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/KODO/) design language, we really have no clue what this design will actually look like. Auto Express has gotten a hold of some shots it believes are official digital images from Mazda (http://autoblog.com/mazda/) that could be a very good indication of what the Japanese automaker has in store for its top-selling car, but it's important to note the images could also be of an upcoming concept vehicle or just a design proposal.
Production or not, these renderings show the possibility for the 2014 Mazda3 that finds itself competing in a much more interesting class of cars than what was available back in 2009. The image of the Mazda3 5-door hatchback design shows a sloped rear D-pillar that gives it a strong family kinship with the new CX-5 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/cx-5) and Mazda2 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/mazda2), while the sedan has a sleek and sporty roofline along the lines of what we've recently seen on the new Mazda6 (http://www.autoblog.com/mazda/mazda6/).
We reached out to Mazda for comment on these images, and Jeremy Barnes, Mazda's director of public relations, had this to say: "Any speculation about a next-generation Mazda3 is just that - speculation. And, as a policy, we do not comment on future product speculation."Are you the next Mazda3? (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/19/are-you-the-next-mazda3/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The next-generation Mazda3 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/mazda3) is expected next year, but aside from renderings (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/2014-mazda3-to-shed-hundreds-of-pounds-diesel-mazdaspeed-varia/) and our own imagination about a compact economy car sporting Mazda's new Kodo (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/KODO/) design language, we really have no clue what this design will actually look like. Auto Express has gotten a hold of some shots it believes are official digital images from Mazda (http://autoblog.com/mazda/) that could be a very good indication of what the Japanese automaker has in store for its top-selling car, but it's important to note the images could also be of an upcoming concept vehicle or just a design proposal.
Production or not, these renderings show the possibility for the 2014 Mazda3 that finds itself competing in a much more interesting class of cars than what was available back in 2009. The image of the Mazda3 5-door hatchback design shows a sloped rear D-pillar that gives it a strong family kinship with the new CX-5 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/cx-5) and Mazda2 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/mazda2), while the sedan has a sleek and sporty roofline along the lines of what we've recently seen on the new Mazda6 (http://www.autoblog.com/mazda/mazda6/).
We reached out to Mazda for comment on these images, and Jeremy Barnes, Mazda's director of public relations, had this to say: "Any speculation about a next-generation Mazda3 is just that - speculation. And, as a policy, we do not comment on future product speculation."Are you the next Mazda3? (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/19/are-you-the-next-mazda3/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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